 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 halaman
...honour I would have ; Not from great deeds, but good alone, The unkaown are better than ill knows, Rumour can ope the grave: Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. ' Y . . . . A. Books fhould, not bufme Is, entertain the... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 halaman
...honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. 10. Books fhouldf not bufincfs, entertain the light, And... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 halaman
...honour I would hare, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than 111 known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. 10. Books fhould, not bufinefs, entertain the light, And... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 halaman
...grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone; Th' unknown are...number, but the choice, of friends. Books fhould, not buftnefs, entertain the light; And fleep, as undifturb'd as death, the night. My houfe a cottage more... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 774 halaman
...honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone : 'I'h' unknown are better than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have,...depends Not from the number, but the choice of friends. x. Books fliould, not bus'ncls, entertain the light, And deep, as undifturb'd as death, the night.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 halaman
...honour I would have, Not from great deed*, but good alone : Th' unknown are better than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depend*. Not from the number, but the choice of friend*.! x. Books mould, not bus*nefs, entertain the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 halaman
...honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; •Th' unknown arc better than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice, of friends. Books fhould, not bufmefs, entertain the light, And fleep,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 846 halaman
...grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are...from the number, but the choice, of friends. Books mould, not bufimfs, entertain the light; And ileep, as nndifturb'd as death, the night. My houfe a... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 halaman
...honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice, of friends. My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 halaman
...honour I would have, Jsot from great deeds, but good alone ; Tb.' unknown are better than ill known. Rumour can ope' the grave: Acquaintance I would have ; but when 't depends Jfot on the number, but the choice of friends. i 10. Cooks should, not business, entertain the light,... | |
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Rumour can ope the grave; Acquaintance I would have ; but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. 
